It took all my nerve to actually push open the restaurant door. It was my first actual date in almost ten years, and I was scared to death, with so many negative thoughts I had in my mind. What if I spilled my drink? What if he didn’t like me?…

Sometimes, I wish I could go back in time and tell my scared and unknowing pre-divorced self the one thing she would not believe: that divorce will make her a better woman because it will force her to take risks, and it is those risks that will give her the…